List of TV shows that have switched networks
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This is a list of television shows that have switched networks partway through their run in their home country:
United Kingdom
- This Is Your Life (1955-1969 on BBC TV/BBC 1; 1969-1993 on ITV; 1993-2003 on BBC 1)
- What the Papers Say (1956 - 1982? on ITV; 1982? - 1989 on Channel 4; 1989 - current on BBC 2)
- University Challenge (1962-1987 on ITV; 1994-current on BBC 2)
- Candid Camera (1960-1967 on BBC 1; 1974-1975? on ITV)
- The Goodies (1970-1980 on BBC 2; 1981-1982 on ITV)
- The Comic Strip Presents (1982 - 1988 on Channel 4, 1992 - 1993 on BBC 1, 1998 - 2000 on Channel 4)
- Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983-1986 on ITV; 2002-2004 on BBC 1)
- Men Behaving Badly (1992 on ITV; 1994-1998 on BBC1)
- Doomwatch (1970-1972 on BBC 1; 1999 on Channel 5)
- Quatermass (1953-1959 on BBC Television; 1979 on ITV).
- Robot Wars (1998-2003 on BBC Two; 2003-2004 on Five_(TV))
United States
- Babylon 5 (1994-1997 on PTEN; 1997-1998 on TNT)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2001 on WB; 2001-2003 on UPN)
- Clueless (1996-1997 on ABC; 1997-1999 on UPN)
- The Critic (1994 on ABC; 1995 on FOX)
- Diff'rent Strokes (1978-1985 on NBC; 1985-1986 on ABC)
- Doug (1991-1994 on Nickelodeon; 1996-1999 on ABC)
- The Edge of Night (1956-1975 on CBS; 1975-1984 on ABC)
- Family Matters (1989-1997 on ABC; 1997-1998 on CBS)
- Grounded for Life (2001-2002 on FOX; 2002-2005 on WB)
- In the Heat of the Night (1988-1992 on NBC; 1992-1994 on CBS)
- JAG (1995-1996 on NBC; 1996-2005 on CBS)
- Leave it to Beaver (1957-1958 on CBS; 1958-1963 on ABC)
- Major League Baseball Game of the Week (1954-1965 on CBS; 1966-1989 on NBC; 1990-1993 on CBS; 1996-Present on FOX)
- Matlock (1986-1992 on NBC; 1992-1995 on ABC)
- Monday Night Football (1971-2005 on ABC; 2006- on ESPN)
- Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988-1989 on KTMA, 1989-1997 on (The) Comedy Channel/Central, 1997-99 on The Sci Fi Channel)
- The Naked Truth (1995-1996 on ABC; 1997-98 on NBC)
- The PJs (1999-2000 on FOX; 2000-2001 on WB)
- Power Rangers: Wild Force (Part of 2002 on FOX; The remainder of the season on ABC)
- Project Greenlight (2001-2003 on HBO; 2004-Present on Bravo)
- Ren and Stimpy (1991-1996 on Nickelodeon; 2003-2005 on Spike TV)
- Rocky and His Friends (1959-1961 on ABC; essentially the same show aired as The Bullwinkle Show, 1961-1964 on NBC; in 1964 it moved back to ABC and was cancelled that same year)
- Roswell (1999-2001 on WB; 2001-2002 on UPN)
- Search for Tomorrow (1951-1982 on CBS; 1982-1986 on NBC)
- Sliders (1995-1997 on FOX; 1998-2000 on The Sci Fi Channel)
- The State (1994-1995 on MTV; CBS picked up the show but quickly pulled it before the second season could pan out)
- Step by Step (1991-1997 on ABC; 1997-1998 on CBS)
- Taxi (1978-1982 on ABC; 1982-1983 on NBC)
- TV Nation (1994 on NBC; 1995 on FOX)
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954-1961, 1986-1988, and 1997-present on ABC, 1961-1981 and 1988-1990 on NBC, 1981-1983 on CBS) (under various titles, the format remained basically the same throughout)
- Wheel of Fortune (daytime version) (1975-1989, 1991 on NBC, 1989-1991 on CBS)
- Wonder Woman (1975-1977 on ABC; 1977-1979 on CBS)
- WWE RAW (1993-2000 on USA Network; 2000-current on The New TNN/Spike TV)